I Got Ripped Off - Thought This Was A Good Idea - Samsung Parts Only Phone LOT
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2022
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Recently bought phone lot with XS and 8 Plus to realize they were all FMI ON. Great!
This is why I won't do any iPhone that's supposedly not turning on, if FMI is on I'm utterly f*cked.
I also got an iphone lot with 2x 6, 2x 7 and xs. One 6, one 7 and the xs were all fmi on sadly, but after talking to the seller he managed to remove it completely luckily
@Arie death Videos the average seller doesn’t know how to do that lol.
This is why I always buy direct from apple
@@CardboardGuy then they don't deserve to sell their phones.
Looking at these old phone repairs just shows how far we've come along.
Hugh, Snapdragon based Note 4s (N910F being the most well known example) were notorious for no power issues due to eMMC slowly failing. You could swap in a 910C mobo w/ camera and have a happy Note 4.
It also affected my N910C (Exynos) but it did live for 5 happy years without any issues.
Putting that phone in the freezer in a zip lock bag for about 20 minutes brings it back to life for a short term
@@cu2nytt this is a bad joke right?
Humidity will kill it even more
@@mementocity no its not a joke. the reason why it turns on is because small water ice droplets form on the bad connection on the emmc chip and it makes a temporary connection. i tried this on my note 4 and s7 edge that refused to turn on.
My 10 year old s2 has the EMMC brickbug and all other sorts of curses, but it just refuses to die lmao
I'm pretty sure I know what seller this is, as I recently took a chance and bought a 2nd Gen iPad Pro from them at reasonable price. I seem to have been incredibly fortunate, as the device was in very reasonable condition with no nasty surprises. I was worried that perhaps the battery would be problematic, but again, thankfully it holds charge quite well for its' age. My stomach dropped when I saw the listings, though. Complete minefield.
I've been buying iCloud locked devices and bypassing them from the same seller, so far they've been accurately displayed and described...
@@xplore7359 could I get a hint as to who you're using for the icloud lock bypassing?
@@davidsolis3114 Sorry didn't see the reply until someone liked my comment. I do my own bypasses but only on wifi only devices as the apple ID on these is paired to the serial number, Bluetooth and wifi Mac addresses. On cell devices the account is tied together with the IMEI which is stored on the baseband and can't be programmed with the method I use. There's a few cell iPads (gen 4 and lower) that I do a resistor mod on which works well but isn't really worth doing now unless I get them in a bulk lot for next to nothing.
I appreciate videos like this as it helps inform the audience that these sorts of tech lots aren't always a success, I generally feel that if someone has a big handful of devices then they likely know damn well that the items are toast in some regard or another.
I mean the listing said “for parts” so I think it should be expected that they a
We’re not going to work.
It sucks to be ripped off like that. Fr tho, your videos are amazing and always very interesting. Keep up the good work
Flea markets are a much better deal , I got an s10+ for 10 bucks , given that it is smashed , tho the screen works
The best repair videos are the ones you can save a lot of money. The voiceover details are really good. Keep it up!
Hi Hugh...I saw you recently at B**** Sq Shopping Centre, but resisted the urge to tell you I'm a real fan...love your work. This video highlighted an issue you might address in a future video. Screens going black on Samsungs that are only 3 or 4 years old. When mine happened I Googled it to find it a real problem.
Anyway, thanks for everything you do.
Good techs are hard to come by.
I myself tried phone repair several times with no long term success. I also used some labs to fix my phones, again with poor quality parts and workmanship.
At this point, I am doing everything to avoid having to repair in the first place. The only problematic part being the battery. I am happy to report that I did find a state of charge limiter on my galaxy s20 ultra, which I am happy to use.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos bro❤
Great job Hugh and your advice is allways helpful.
I love your vids!! Keep it up!
Your Note 4 probably has an EMMC Issue. Its sadly a very common issue especially on the Snapdragon 805 variants. Basically due to bad solder joints the Note 4's EMMC memory chip can loose connection causing the phone to be dead. It can however be fixed by reballing the EMMC chip.
I myself got a lot of 6 N910F Note 4's and 3 had this issue. I got 2 at least working by swapping boards and displays.
*Edit : I meant N910F. The N915F of is the Note Edge. It also suffers from the same issue tough :/
Sadly even the Exynos chips had this issue. I had the N910C and it also died from a suspected eMMC failure.
What about the Samsung S4 Exynos variant? I have one and once dropped it on the street years ago, since then the phone randomly reboots while I'm using and it got worse to the point where it seems to bootloops but sometime manages to boot, but only for a few minutes before it shuts down on its own. I always thought that I might have made something loose inside.
Being able to turn an unfortunate investment into a profit is always a good thing. Nice video as always.
@@PhoenixTubez yeah he could of bought a excellent condition s7 for $70 not sure why he would spend $150 to repair it
@@PhoenixTubez 🤣🤣
Depends what his time’s worth
Tomato pureé
I noticed the S4 is GT-I9505 model. The reason why the screen acts up when you press the back part of the board because the midframe of the new screen could be for a different model of the S4 and causes some components to touch a part of the midframe causing a short. Samsung used to revise the midframe, charging sub-boards and logic boards for different countries where it was sold in the past. For it to work flawlessly, you'd need a matching screen/midframe assembly and a charging port intended for a GT-I9505 S4.
EDIT: I suddenly remebered, the purple screen/midframe assembly is intended for a GT-I9500 (Exynos non-LTE) variant. The logic board you have is a GT-I9505 (Snapdragon LTE enabled). Using an Exynos logic board on a GT-I9505 midframe and vice-versa causes the screen to turn off when the back part is pressed. And when you try to screw everything back together, the screen won't work at all.
Actually, his purple frame was for the 2.3GHz GT-i9506. I've had a 9506 board in a 9505 casing and charging port. It worked, but you had to be careful with the power button as it would reset if you pushed harder on it.
Later traded it for a S3 Neo i9301. Not even to this day the chap who accepted the trade didn't even call me back on the issue.
@@NSHG oh okay. I used to repair S4s back in the day. Just a hobby though. Buying screens with midframes for the S4 can be a pain if they send you the wrong part. Especially when dealing with Korean variants. So I do the tedious task of separating the screen from the midframe so I can transfer it to another midframe for it to work properly. I broke several screens before I got the hang of it. 😂
For my experience filing extra material from bracket fixes issue. Taping doesn't prevent this issue because wrong shape of bracket bends motherboard. Compare original and new part and use dremel to cut materia off.
A fix for the s4 is to put a folded up piece of paper on behind the display flex cable then close the midframe. I used the same trick with my Nokia 6.1 plus on which I broke the battery connector on the corner trying to go in EDL mode and it's still working even after all these years.
I did this recently, I bought an iPhone parts lot and turns out they were all horribly water damaged, can’t return because they were sold as for parts, sadly they were sold as “untested” and I didn’t see the major red flags.
Also I may have an explanation for the S7 edges not powering on, I had a lot of S7’s which most didn’t power on, and my main S7 developed the same issue.
The PowerIC or the RAM goes bad, the device goes into a boot looping state before just not taking power properly, it can’t regulate the power properly
3 year old S7 edge here, I hope it doesn't die soon
same happened with a samsung note 3, note 4 and tab 3 8.0 I own :) idk why samsung made these the way they did :(
EBay is the place for people to sell trash phones that are meant for the bin lol
If anyone can get these working, it's you. Thanks for another great video.
I love the S6 so much that I got one for christmas.
I was planning on the Blue Topaz color but I got Gold.
I do like the Gold Color more than the Blue one so I was very happy.
And mine was in Perfect condition unlike that S6 with a shattered Back and broken Micro USB. And my S6 defniently charges with a Charger as the Charging Port was never destroyed.
Amazing as usual!!!!
Great to see Hugh working on Android phones
Thanks for another great video Hugh Jeffreys or, as auto-generated captions call you, Huge Jeffries.
5:18 if you think that burn-in is bad, my mums S7 is so much worse.
Whites look genuinely light pink, as she had a mobile game (I think it was Candy Crush) open for years on end. Think 4 years plus of regular game usage.
The game UI is inlaid, TWICE, on the display. I don't even know how that works.
She must have played it while the phone was rotated to the right and left? Interesting.
@@compulsoryevacuationdevice it's in the Portrait position but one is slightly lower down on the screen than the other
@@sabersz maybe an update to the "game" that changed the UI ever so slightly? idk i don't play that crap
my S7 Edge has the homescreen burnt in, cant see it if its any color except white, but its not THAT BAD
It's frankly astounding how Samsung just gets a pass for having used displays for years - even until fairly recently - that become unusable after just a few years of use. This is not an issue with most screens. I get that OLED has advantages, but this is a massive downside that rarely gets talked about. I remember people used to excuse the issue as some fringe issue that most people will never run into, but years later that's proven to be false - it's very common.
excellent video as always! God bless you and yours!
I paid $160 for a parts lot and ended up getting an iPhone 5 on iOS 6 which immediately made it worth it. Got plenty of other working devices too.
I Have Most Of Those Phones. Not Good To Hear You Got Ripped Off, But I LOVE These Videos Of Yours!
bruh what's with the caps
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Why are you capitalising every word lmao
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Out of curiosity, if you were so inclined, could you have soldered on a USB C port to replace the micro on that S6?
I remember when you only had 121K Subscribers, love your videos keep up the great work 👌 👍
Sorry to hear that this wasn't exactly plain sailing, but I'm glad to hear that you managed to get something useful out of this parts lot. I'm also glad it went to you, rather than someone else who may not have been able to use the items (or would have just returned them upon receipt). Remember, eBay buyers can return an item for "not as described", for pretty much any reason, whereby the seller than has to pay return postage AND refund in full.
These videos always somehow entertain me
thank you for your time
Brilliant job, man!
I have one question about those older Samsung phones with removable back panels. Is there an easy way to make them run without a battery? I have made some attempts at that using small buck converter, but after the phone boots up with some percentage of battery, that percentage slowly starts to go down, even though the power supply is more than enough.
Any ideas?
i'm no expert or professional but i think the batteries have hardware in them that helps the phone know what the battery is at. with your current setup it doesn't have anything to tell it the state of the battery. you could try dismantling a battery (obviously carefully) to get the little board that handles the communications and then run power through, that might fix your problem but that's just an amateur's guess
Why would you even do this? Besides just figuring out if it’s possible. Because I don’t think it’s very convenient if you have to stand next to a outlet when you want to use your phone.
find a Samsung battery (preferably for the phone u want to do this on) the battery can be dead its ok, then carefully separate and cut off the bms board from the battery cell and plug your + and - to that
Nice video, please do more of this type
Hey Jeffrey. Will the motherboard of the Galaxy Note 4 SM-910C work on the SM-910F screen?
it's worth mentioning, but if you want to test the phones with good charge ports that won't turn on, open Device Manager on a Windows computer and plug the phone in. if it comes up as Qualcomm QDLoader 9005/9008, the storage chip has suffered severe wear or damage.
that's only for Qualcomm devices i suppose?
@@divyamthakur it is, yeah. for Exynos devices, it will come up as Exynos XXXX. (an S9+ comes up as "Exynos 9810", for example)
@@starfox.64 If it comes up with [Device name], the screen is broken right?
@@amazingstuffbyyourphone3842 I mean if the name still comes up, the screen's probably working. if touch isn't working, the digitizer is damaged. if the bootloader is unlocked, it could also be a driver issue.
@@starfox.64 if it shows up as QHSUSB_BULK then the phone is hard bricked but the Qualcomm QDLoader driver is not installed on your PC
i get crazy when i see ur new video great job great job
was literally going for this lot. im glad you got it and i didnt lol. nah jk keep up the good work and keep inspiring people
I like seeing you try and get some value out of your investment. Nice work.
Good work👍
Nice to see this
Every Samsung phone I've owned or my partners has suffered all these issues...
Charging Port (everyone)
Screen Burn (everyone, but very bad on OLED)
Such a shame, such a good product let down by crap hardware issues.
Still better then apple
My experience is the complete opposite. A LOT of my friends used Samsung phones all their life, some low end, some mid end but mostly high end S and Note lines. Zero problems. The only time I heard something happening with one of their phones was only one friend that broke the screen of his S20 and had to replace it, and was actually shocked for it not being that expensive to fix, with a genuine brand new display. Was like 150€. Other than that, absolutely zero problems. However my gf owned iPhones all her life and she buys a new one every 1-2 years because her last one breaks in some random way that apple wont fix or its not worth it. Her current iPhone 13 (not pro) already has a broken volume up key. It wont even physically click, feels stuck, she has to use the quicksettings to turn up the volume. I guess it really is how you handle phones, how many falls or physical stress you subject them to, and maybe also a dose of luck. My gf is always dropping her phone and that is a huge explanation why all her iPhones break to unfixable ways in a year. She uses glass screen protectors and bulky cases on purpose because of this, but the impacts of it constantly falling eventually start messing up with the internals. Some people even without noticing put a lot of strain on their phones hardware. The charging port is a great example, people often put a lot of strain on that port by using bad cables or pulling on them too hard or whatever.
@Ellis The DJ You don't work outside in full sunshine much then
@Ellis The DJ Further more...
Why are you making excuses for a Flagship phone.
It should work as described without issues or having to compensate for the hardware short comings...
It's not like these products are cheap and nasty China clones.
Apple can get it right... Why can't Samsung.... And none of us want to use Apple
Agreed, most of these issues happen outside the 12 month or 24 month normal contract period.
But lots of us, me included haven't had a phone contract for 15 years or more now
We buy secondhand flagship handsets to run prepaid SIM cards....
@@DrifterThrifters lol no
Hi,
What's the title of the background music you're playing, noticeably in the latter part of the video.
Kind regards, keep up the good work.
i have seen the white notification, that's a real hard brick you got there. Edit: I got it on my S4 that I still have in my possession. I damaged the IMEI trying to root it like 5 years ago. And somehow completely erasing the internals, including the bootloader. SO... that was fun. Somehow I managed to get the bootloader reinstalled and the phone kind of working again.
It's not a brick, more like a paperweight
Sorry you got burned my friend. But good on you..your skills have allowed you to just about break even. Well done sir.
I'd be interested to know where you can get one of those Amp Meters, looks neat!
recently I got ripped of at a old stuff market on a iPhone 5, tried repairing the battery and then it completely broke when i installed the new one
that s6 edge... i have a board from the same model samsung and its doing the same as that one. white light and thats it but mine doesn't charge the battery so it maybe a power delivery related issue. i have already fixed the Gold s6 edge i had with the bad board
Wow! You wouldn't even get mugged for any of those in the UK. Nice to see them saved from the bin tho.
When you say "free 16 GB SD Card" the child in me thinks "nice! 16 GB they cost about £50... Oh, wait, that was 16 years ago.... Ouch"
Great video as always, Do people actually use such old phones still?
Say curious question but would it be possible to fix a potentially water damaged laptop for you, because I happened to have one.
I love the s6 and s7 edges I had them in gold. My s6 edge plus was stolen when it was still in perfect condition :( and then I bought the s7 because that one looked almost the same
that's what happened to my samsung note 5. When I charged it it just showed a white led light. Idk why but i think it's because of the broken screen. I can't buy a new screen though as it's very pricey. Nice video Hugh!
Should have filed a return, Ebay will always force the sellers to accept returns no matter what.
Yeah, this lot is so bad, it's barely worth using for videos.
I have some experience with part lots also, given you have the ebay chat history, I would expect the outcome to be a "partial refund" on this one, or you would likely have to "fight" for a full return, but you're past that. Also 250k views in a month, the parts have more than paid for themselves once you factor in the content ;^) (+ editing time, voiceover etc:)
That un-usable screen can have a second life as a known working test screen. Even though it's pink, it does work... sorta.
S3 was my first samsung, what a flash back
Hi Hugh, what hotair gun are you using? Thanks
Oh I think I know that seller, they sell really overpriced devices. They list Macbooks like "Core i5 SUPER FAST INTEL MACOSX 8GB RAM" and some fancy symbols. Disgusting
Saw a tablet similar to the Tab S I just fixed up. It was a better version of it but he's asking $450 for it..... (Shown at 03:30)
@@HughJeffreys You can buy a Tab S4 for that money wtf
Samsung's edge displays are very expensive to repair.
I tried to get a replacement screen for Galaxy S8 from AliExpress, and found even the faulty display costs about the same as the fine used ones.
Thanks for showing this video. I bought a very large iPhone/iPad/iPod and some non-Apple phones in 2016 from a large company with my at-the-time business partner. Whilst trying to book these in, we discovered that this lot were more faulty than expected ie: mainly iCloud locked. Being relatively new to iCloud locked devices I thought I could unlock them. My business partner offered his half to me and I accepted and paid him for his half. So 7 years later (2016-2023) I have invested ~$20k of stock and I am just under $10k return. This does not include my time to process the equipment, advertising fees, free postage, etc, so a $10k loss thus far. I may do a video on this one day...
Where does Hugh get his parts from? I really wish I could find a Galaxy S4 screen for just 12 bucks.
Well
DONE!!!🙂🙂
I had a note 2 with a damaged oled panel I ordered one without a frame and the seller sent the one with a frame and they sent the wrong frame so my note 2 was doing the same thing as that s4 was in the video but I was able to use my heat gun to remove the display from the frame and put it on the original frame atleast there's one advantage to the cheap glue on aliexpress screens
Makes me happy to have our modern tech.
I used to buy alot phones with defects in the past... But finding phones with working displays and only waterdamage is very hard, most plp slam their phones how it seems on the ground all the time.
The S7 edge was awesome. It was one of my early attempts at touching android as a secondary phone alongside my iPhone 6.
Where did you get that silicone skin for your heat station?
wich s3 did not power on the good looking one or the cracked one
if these are old enough phones to not have modern data protection and kill switches you may be able to recover the data and sometimes peoples photos and documents can be valuable and could be used to recover the purchase prices.
Fascinating! I enjoyed that and I'm glad you got some value out of the purchase in the end.
Hi Hugh, are you going to be doing an iPhone SE 3 tear down, just wondering because I haven’t seen anyone else do one yet.
Sure!
If you have a good working galaxy s8 screen laying around I'm in desperate need for one.its okay if the glass is broken without burn in.
How and Where did you soled your s3 in this time and ages?
What i noticed is that the s6,s7,s8. All had screen which would have burn in. are the display used for those phones that bad ?
What do you usually search for on eBay to get lots like these?
Darude - Sandstorm
I have a sony xperia xa2 ultra that needs a new flex cable from the charging port to the motherboard and i would like for you to do some research for me and maybe i can mail you the phone for repairs
What do you have against burned in screens?
I have been using my badly burned Galaxy S8 for 4 years now
and I dont mind them at all 😁👍
I'm guessing he likes them working as close to new as possible, or for the aesthetics
That seller, from the picture of the phones on eBay & some of the fancy graphics in the title of the listing, along with the quick preview of the other listings that the seller is selling, it is the seller i think it is. I got a phone from them too. But it was faulty, half the touch screen did not work, battery was rather bulged but still turned on. Returned it, and they are selling it again for the same price, with the battery issue mentioned but not the faulty touchscreen. But yes, was a dodgy lot hugh had bought, but still made something out of it, at least.
Where can I buy a lots other than eBay and Amazon
Some of my family had S7s and I remember at the end there was massive amounts of pink burn in
About how much should a repair on a s7 edge cost if it needs a new motherboard?
My poor s5 no longer boots up. :( It gets warm when on the charger but the LED doesn't light up and the phone won't power on after being on charge for a while. I power cycle all my older phones but it finally kicked the bucket I guess.
that phones/computer batch are the one that the companies don´t repair and dont worth the repair. or is really cheap for parts or don´t worth it
Do you know where I can find an broken S10? I need a replacement display
Question. Old phones like the S3 cqan't be updated to newer android. So you can't install many apps. I loved my S3 but how are people using these? I was even given a mint Ipad Mini. Perfect, But I can't even install chrome or Firefox.
You can install Linage OS and that will give the phone android 10.
What do you do with the fones you fix?? Thanks
You never gave the phone up you never let these phones down
Those Galaxy S6 and S7 Edge phones were absolutely BEAUTIFUL. Apple has nothing on Samsung in that department. Just wow. My Note9 looks great, but those phones were the pinnacle of design.
Uhh İ actually had the blue light issue with My Galaxy S6 but it turned out to be Battery issue i pressed some buttons while charging then phone completely turned off then when i left it charging the red led pooped up then the navigation bar lights and blue LED turned on (and thru the middle of the night the alarm that was set on it turned on 💀)
omg i have that samsung s7 edge in gold 2. But mine is broken it has pink lines and i need to upgrade but i dont know where
Thanks man
The main problem with resellers of damaged devices on eBay is that some people think what they have is worth more than it really is or they are looking for someone to buy who doesn't know up from down. I don't think 150 was too much to pay, but since the seller was dishonest, then perhaps the price could have been lower.
This. And if your selling a for parts lot and somebody asks you a specific question you need to be truthfully about the condition or truthfull that you're too lazy to check. Nothing makes me more angry than people who lie about the condition of stuff they sell in the hopes the buyer won't follow up. If you can't be a$$3d to know the condition of your own inventory you shouldn't be selling it full stop.
Can you do a video were you change all of the micro usb ports on old Samsung's to usb c
i would welcome that s6 edge display, i have one phone in my garaje that is unused, and with my old pics in it.
my mi max 3 cost 130, 2 years ago, still going strong. they sell for upto a 100 2nd hand on ebay, thats value for money
Nice video as Always. But these kind of phone are too expensive there. Here in Finland they have no value. Most of the time they are free or 5-10€. I mean for that S7 and S6. Those S4 and S3 would be sent to recycle center
Buy them in your country and sell it to the rest of the world
@@ahyaan2552 I did once or twice. I had trip to another country. I bought one laptop and 2 phone. I sold them in destination country and about 40% of my trip costs returned. But here working has much more money. When you are working here then you have no time
Datsun Saatana
@@satsumagt5284 what? Why Saatana:)
@@moya9450 Just a little joke from My Summer Car. Also, 100 A (Sata A) is close enough anyways
Got a 7 pound iPhone parts lot but from the Logic Boards I checked they had FMI on oof
Sir, were can I buy, an LCD for my Samsung note 5?
S3 was my very first phone, fast forward today its still working but not the same anymore. I just use it for youtube
As a neophyte to phones, interested in electronics I found this fascinating but.... ...
For all of the talk about S numbers etc, 3G service has just collapsed and the J7 given to me by my son was declared too old to do 4G.. Do these phones do 4G? //if not why bother?